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[–] 60 points 2 years ago (19 children)

As if anyone expected to play as any other character than Ciri.

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  • [–] 48 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I hoped for a witcher (whichever gender) from one of the other schools, tbh

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

    So did I, but I mean, given the current game development climate, Ciri was an extremely predictable pick.

    Not only is Ciri a woman, which modern games seem to be making super majority of main protagonists these days, but she also has market familiarity. Her character is recognizable and therefore has a builtin audience, where a new character does not.

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  • [–] 27 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    If women make up around 50% of the people on earth, shouldn't they make up around 50% of the main characters?

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I think that wanting equality over men/women % of MC is not something you would want to focus on I would rather have a quality story and universe whatever of the gender of the MC.

    ( I will clarify my point , I am an human therefore I am for gender equality obviously but I don't think that this metric is the most interesting )

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I completely agree that the quality of the story is kinda the whole point, but I am tired of seeing comments like the one RightHand made; complaining that she is a woman just because she is a woman.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Besides, they've already established some of her signature abilities and had people play as her in some of the previous game, kicking the familiarity up an extra notch.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Yep. Ciri isnt the worst choice in the world, I just was hoping I could have played as my own character instead. It will be interesting to see what they do with the story.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    I really hope they don't stick with Ciri gameplay from TW3, I never liked when I was forced to play as Ciri, her abilities was less fun than Geralt signs.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Judging by the video, she'll be behaving more like a witcher, with the two swords, the signs, and the potion quaffing. If they hold to that and also let her keep her "short teleport" move from TW3, I'm looking forward to it 🙂

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    If they changed the double dodge = roll to double dodge = short teleport, but not as crazy as in TW3 that would be cool, they could also make the whole gameplay more agile than TW3, seems like a good fit for Ciri.

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  • [–] 21 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I did. The games already completely shit on the ciri book lore. I was hoping for a fresh slate with new characters, perhaps during a different time period entirely.

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    I was hoping you could be the first witcher. That would have been awesome.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I don't know how it would've tied into the "Witcher" arc... because I don't think they were around yet? But I would have loved to had a game set during the "Conjunction of the Spheres".

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

    Huh? What do you mean? I'm saying i would have liked to play as the first witcher, which would have taken place 400 years or so prior to the first game.

    Edit: apologies i misunderstood your comment. See my below response. A game based on the conjunction would have been awesome. Too bad.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    They meant they wanted a game set during the conjunction of the spheres but didn't know if witchers were a thing yet at that timeframe in the lore. The wording made it seem like they were talking about your first witcher idea but they were talking about a different alternate timeframe setting they'd like to see.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    I think you're both asking for the same thing. IIRC my lore correctly, Witcher clans were founded after the Conjunction to deal with the sudden influx of monsters. A game about the first Witcher could be set mere months after the event.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago*

    I sound like a huge nerd here but i believe witchers were created 500 years prior when the humans first got to the continent and encountered monsters. Both humans and monsters came from the conjunction. It is never explained what humans were doing for the first 1000 years after the conjunction (conjunction was 1500 years ago) prior to arriving on the continent. I assume they also had to deal with monsters or maybe the monsters were dropped only on the continent? No idea. The author was unfortunately not very consistent or clear on historic lore. Perhaps it was intended. I'm not sure.

    Source: I spent way too much time looking at lore explanations and engaging on forums.

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